Confederations of African Football (CAF) Women’s Champions League qualifiers for the CECAFA zone have now been confirmed for 26 August to 9 September in Nairobi.This is the second postponement of the qualifiers for the inaugural Women’s Champions League (CL). The event was initially scheduled for 17 July to 1 August before being postponed to 7 to 15 August. Auka Gacheo, the Executive Director of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) confirmed the new dates on Tuesday 10 August night.CECAFA Women’s CL: Vihiga Queens declare preparednessKenya representatives to the CL qualifiers Vihiga Queens’ head coach Alex Alumira says the uncertainty has affected his players mentally but was quick to assure the preparations continue in the hope that the new dates remain. “It has been draining mentally for the players. Coming back to the top of their game becomes hard but we are doing the best to have them at the top even as we wait. We continue training in Vihiga as the weather here is favourable as we wait for official communication on dates,” “Our camp in Nairobi is highly depended on finances but five days before the games begin will be enough time for us to acclimatise,” said Alumira. In the earlier draw conducted last month three teams were placed in each of the three groups. However, Rwanda’s Scadinavian WFC pulled out leaving one pool with two teams.Vihiga Queens in groups C of the inaugural CAF Champions LeagueGroup A: Lady Doves (Uganda), Buyenzi (Burundi), Simba Queens (Tanzania)Group B: Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Yei Join Stars (South Sudan), New Generations FC (Zanzibar)Group C: Scandinavian (Rwanda), FAD Club pic.twitter.com/kJefUnksj9— Vincent Voiyoh (@vincentvoiyoh) July 8, 2021 “We have finally agreed with Football Kenya Federation (FKF) on the new dates and the qualifiers will take place. We shall also re-do the draw to have two pools with four teams each,” added Gacheo.The teams that will battle to qualify for the inaugural TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Champions League include; Vihiga Queens (Kenya), Lady Doves WFC (Uganda), PVP FC (Burundi), Simba Queens (Tanzania), Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (Ethiopia), Yei Joint Stars FC (South Sudan), New Generation (Zanzibar), FAD (Djibouti).
